Improvement in smoking-pipes



J. w. MCKAY.

SMOKINCf-PIPE.

No.176,662. Patented Apr'1125,1876.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICEa JHN`W. MCKAY, OF GAVERNA, KENTUCKY.

IMPROVEMENT IN SMOKING-PIPES.

Speciiication forming part of Letters Patent No'. l 76.662, dated April 25. 1876; application led February 26, 1.876.

l I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the construction and operation of the same, reference being had to the annexed drawingsj'making a part of this specificati-on, and tothe letters and figures of reference marked thereon.

` Figure l of the drawings is-a representation of a longitudinal vertical central -fSQction of my pipe, and Fig. 2 is a side view thereof.

This invention' has relation to smokingpipes; and the nature of my invention consists in a corn-cob pipe, which is made up of mitered sections secured together by dowelpins and cement, as will be hereinafter explained. i

In the annexed drawings, A designates the bowl of the pipe, B the base thereof, 0 the shank or socket piece, and D the stem. The three parts A, B, and C are madeof corn-cobs, and the stem D is of pop7-corn cob. These pieces are neatly trimmed, given the required shape, and bored out. At a b the three pieces A B 'C are secured together, the joints being formed in a miter-box, and secured together by dowel-pins c and any suitable cement.

Ireviousto securing the sections of the pipe together I saturate them "in a solution of saltpeter, which prevents them -from rapidly burning out. By mitering the sections ofthe cobs y Whatl claim as new, and desire to secure by Y Letters Patent, is-

'lhe new and improved article of manufacture, to Wit: a corn-cob pipe, made of mitered sections A B C, secured together substantially as described.

.In testimony that I claim the above I have hereunto subscribed my name in the presence of two witnesses. y

JOHN WILLIAM MCKAY. Witnesses:

T. H. PEMBERTON, S. W. MITCHELL. 

